Vulgar Double Entendre Mark Constitutes Unregistrable Scandalous Matter: Federal Circuit | Practical Law
In In re Marsha Fox, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's decision that, under Section 1052(a) of the Lanham Act, a mark that created a vulgar double entendre could not be registered as a trademark because it comprised unregistrable scandalous matter.